I spent four days last week watching the two and a half hours of The Crimes of Grindelwald on and off on iQiyi.
I didn't go to the theaters, and I only waited until now because the previous Fantastic Beasts were a disappointment to me. I didn't expect this one to be worse...
Rowling's ambitions are so great that she wants to use the film to create a huge magical world and express some of her political views, so much so that she forgot her original intention - a good-looking children's story.
Looking back at the previous Harry Potter series, Fantastic Beasts is not as good as it is. Although the rhythm of the next few episodes was not well controlled, the entire series can be called a good-looking children's adventure series. In the first few parts of the series, the use of magic props, the advancement of the overall rhythm, and the shaping of the atmosphere of the magical world are all very good. The three-person protagonist group has always been IQ Online.
In the Fantastic Beasts series, Aunt Rowling actually doesn't want to repeat the style of Harry Potter before, and wants to make some new attempts. If I understand correctly, she should be trying to make an adult-oriented work full of power struggles and power conflicts, and you will sing and I will appear. But she can't let go of the children's group, and there are cute beasts from time to time. It also resulted in a mixed, nondescript ending.
Two Fantastic Beasts movies: for children, the plot is not interesting enough and the atmosphere is not light enough; for adults, too much silly and sweet, too much love brain and emotional thinking to advance the plot, such a protagonist team is too naive and uninteresting (I don't even think it compares to the Harry Ron Hermione trio!). On the whole, the frame structure is not clear, and the whole plot has no tension at all. Even though there were constant conflicts and fights, there was still an atmosphere of mourning and boredom that could not arouse the nerves at all.
As a fan for more than ten years, I naturally hope that the plot of the magical world will be as exciting as possible. So this time I couldn't help but roar in my heart: I'm an adult, can I think about it from an adult perspective? Can you use your brain to solve problems with IQ and logic? Don't you have your own thoughts and ideas? Is Credence just a tool pushed by various forces? In the face of a major crisis, Queenie still only has love on her mind? Has Dumbledore become someone who can only use puppets? Where is the old Deng who was willing to drink magical poison in order to obtain the Horcrux? !
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